Emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram electrode placement system

Abstract

An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device is disclosed herein. The emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device incorporates electrical conducting materials and elastic material into a pad that is applied to a chest wall of a patient, which places multiple electrodes in the appropriate anatomic locations on the patient to quickly obtain an ECG in a pre-hospital setting.

We claim as our invention the following: 
     
       1. An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device, the device comprising:
 a body comprising a plurality of extension members, wherein the body comprises a base layer composed of a flexible material, an adhesive layer composed of a flexible material, and a backing layer attached to an adhesive surface of the adhesive layer; 
 a plurality of electrodes, each of the plurality of electrodes comprising a connection stud, a contact pad interface and a contact pad; 
 a plurality of cables; 
 and 
 an electrode connector connected to each of the plurality of cables; 
 wherein each cable of the plurality of cables is positioned between the base layer and the adhesive layer, and connected to a corresponding electrode of the plurality of electrodes; 
 wherein a sixth extension member of the plurality of extension members comprises a first electrode of the plurality of electrodes; 
 wherein a seventh extension member of the plurality of extension members comprises a second electrode of the plurality of electrodes; 
 wherein a first extension member of the plurality of extension members comprises a third electrode, a fourth electrode, a fifth electrode and a sixth electrode of the plurality of electrodes; 
 wherein a seventh electrode of the plurality of electrodes is positioned at a far end of a second extension member of the plurality of extension members; 
 wherein an eighth electrode of the plurality of electrodes is positioned at a far end of a third extension member of the plurality of extension members; 
 wherein a ninth electrode of the plurality of electrodes is positioned at a far end of a fourth extension member of the plurality of extension members; 
 wherein a tenth electrode of the plurality of electrodes is positioned at a far end of a fifth extension member of the plurality of extension members. 
 
     
     
       2. The device according to  claim 1  wherein each extension member has a width ranging from 1 cm to 10 cm, and a length ranging from 5 cm to 20 cm. 
     
     
       3. The device according to  claim 1  further comprising a cable management module attached to the body. 
     
     
       4. An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device, the device comprising:
 a cable management module comprising an upper cover, an upper guide piece, a lower guide piece and a lower cover wherein each of the upper guide piece and the lower guide piece has a plurality of channels therein; 
 a body connected to the cable management module, the body comprising a plurality of extension members wherein the body comprises a base layer composed of a flexible material, an adhesive layer composed of a flexible material, and a backing layer attached to an adhesive surface of the adhesive layer; 
 a plurality of electrodes positioned on the body, each of the plurality of electrodes comprising a connection stud, a contact pad interface and a contact pad; 
 a plurality of cables; and 
 an electrode connector connected to each of the plurality of cables; 
 wherein at least four extension members of the plurality of extension members extend outward from the cable management module; 
 wherein each cable of the plurality of cables is positioned between the base layer and the adhesive layer, routed through a channel of the plurality of channels, and connected to a corresponding electrode of the plurality of electrodes. 
 
     
     
       5. The device according to  claim 4  wherein each extension member has a width ranging from 1 cm to 10 cm, and a length ranging from 5 cm to 20 cm.